Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Embiotocoid
Em′bi·ot′o·coid (ĕm′bī·ŏt′ō·koid), a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidæ. — n. One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidæ) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; — also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.